Dailyme
Dailyme is a video-on-demand offer for mobile devices. It is available via mobile apps on the popular Android, Apple and Windows operating systems, and to a limited extent via the provider's web interface. The most important feature is the downloading of programs via WLAN (or, if desired, also via mobile communications) and the time-shifted viewing offline without an Internet connection , called the "Download-2-Go procedure" by the provider. Dailyme is a streaming portal that sublicenses the broadcasting rights of selected TV channels and other program pools and offers them in parallel with other streaming portals. A selection is available from the programs offered by cooperating program partners. The largest shareholders are ReFer GmbH and hotsplots GmbH . Jonathan Dähne is the managing director.
Features and business model
According to the Spiegel, mobile television is "more difficult than it sounds", since the WiFi supply is often inadequate while on the move and videos are an enormous burden for the data volume. In addition to the download for time-shifted television, one of the most important features is that the main program is free of charge. This makes it one of the three best apps for mobile television alongside Save.TV and Livestation for Computerwoche and is rated “very good” by the chip editorial team as one of the best apps. The varied offer for every taste is financed through advertising, which is usually broadcast before the broadcast, but also during breaks depending on the length. There are also advertising banners in the user interface.
The company was founded in Berlin in 2007 as a startup by Michael Merz, Dirk Kamrad and Holger Schween. The offer was first available in 2008. Since the platform operator has to negotiate sub-licenses for secondary exploitation with the rights holders, the range of programs is subject to changes. While programs of the RTL group were only added in December 2016 (and here only from the programs of RTL II and RTL II You ), other channels such as B. Family TV (with blizz ) removed from the offer. How long a downloaded program remains available depends on the license negotiated; takeovers from private program pools are particularly limited. While the application was described as old-fashioned in previous versions, it looks newer and "fresher" in current versions.
Content
The program content offered includes series, shows and feature films, as well as news, documentaries and children's programs from a large number of private, public and private broadcasters, including those of ARD , ZDF , community programs such as Arte , ProSiebenSat.1 Media and RTL Group , Sport1 or the BBC . Almost all programs are licensed from free TV, but individual programs from pay TV are also available, e.g. B. older series from the yfe family program. The video content that is produced independently of a station affiliation includes individual programs from program suppliers such as B. NZZ format or a lifestyle magazine from Yahoo , podcasts such. B. by Heise , Chip or PC Welt, films from the program pool of the GDR film archive (including old episodes of Polizeiruf 110 or Barefoot in Bed ) or news summaries from Reuters . Der Spiegel sees Dailyme as a supplement rather than as an alternative to paid offers such as Netflix or Watchever , as the “big films and series” are missing for them.
Parental controls are available for children to ensure that children can only watch programs that are suitable for them. In addition, the only chargeable offer is an additional “kids flat rate” for children's programs. Around 600 programs are now available. The offer can also be used without a user account. The topicality varies. While news and magazine programs (including e.g. Panorama and Monitor ) are current, only the eleventh season of 2008 of the BBC car series Top Gear , for example , of the comedy series Jack of Hearts with Two Ladies (Family TV and blizz) were only available for the first few seasons.
technology
The application can be set so that only WiFi is used for downloading, the programs are automatically downloaded depending on availability and an existing internet connection. When a program is “switched on”, this corresponds to a subscription for that individual program. One hour of broadcast time requires around 150 MB of storage space. A symbol indicates new downloads. A limit for the maximum storage space can be set in the app. The downloads can be set in three different qualities to save storage space. When using an external memory card, in earlier program versions this was only used for the downloads, now the user can choose between internal memory and an SD card.
The user interface is clearly designed and offers streams (with the highest quality setting) in appealing picture and sound quality.
Years after the offer was launched, a web interface for streaming was implemented on the provider's website. The download of programs and the content of the stations in the ProSiebenSat.1 station group are only available in the app.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Microsoft and dailyme TV now enable mobile television without a data connection. Provider homepage, January 23, 2015, accessed on March 10, 2017
- ^ A b c d Moritz Stadler: The multi-media library for mobile phones. Spiegel Online, November 2, 2015
- ↑ Diego Wyllie: The best TV apps for desktop and mobile. Computer Week, December 25, 2015
- ↑ a b c dailyme TV, series & television. Chip, September 29, 2016
- ↑ a b c dailyme - Watch TV content offline while on the go. Netzwelt (description in the download area), updated on September 25, 2016
- ^ Dailyme - entry in the portal deutsche-startups.de, accessed on March 10, 2017
- ↑ Jörn Krieger: dailyme TV offers RTL II videos on demand TV Digital, December 13, 2016
- ↑ Mobile TV consumption: dailyme saves users from slow streams. foerderland.de, October 12, 2012
- ↑ Panagiotis Kolokythas: TV app dailyme TV with PC-WELT and Techhive videos. PC Welt, March 12, 2014
- ↑ a b c Tahssin Asfour: Dailyme and Watchever - Apps for Internet TV: When television learned to run. Focus online, October 30, 2013, accessed March 10, 2017